Hoover Vacuum Cleaner GUV ProGrade Garage Wall Mounted Utility Vacuum L2310

I ordered this Vacuum as part of my garage refurbishment project this summer. I’m just now getting around to writing reviews of all the items I ordered. This by far is one of my favorite additions to my garage.The suction power of this Vacuum is robust. It is easily on par with the vacuums at the car washes and the like. The hose is a bit thinner, I don’t think you want a car wash vacuum hose at your house, where you going to Reel it?I refurbished my garage with all the Gladiator GarageWorks stuff, and this fits in so nicely with the rest of my garage that I built. Aesthetically, I couldn't be happier, and performance wise I’m pleased. It’s hard for me to decide if it’s loud or quiet. The garage has nothing to absorb sound like a house’s carpet, so it’s not a low loud noise, but it’s a bit higher pitch than I expected. Overall, the noise doesn't bother me but I wouldn't consider it quiet.Anyways, you attach the 30 foot hose, and it can easily reach pretty much everywhere in my 2 car garage, which is good because spiders seems to enjoy rocking out the corners of my garage. Now however, they meet the vacuum! I use it weekly or bi-weekly, depending on how rotten my cars get. Right now it gets a bit of extra work out because my cars are bringing in a bit of dirt and salt, so when it dries up, I vacuum up the floor to keep my epoxy looking good.The wall mount it comes with works very well. For Full disclosure, I used my own mounting screws. I didn't like the shorter screws they shipped with the product, so I used more robust 2” Steel screws that I used to mount my Gladiator Wall rails and made sure it was secured to the studs. I didn't want to risk this falling down. Especially since it gets heavier as stuff is vacuumed in.It comes with an accessories holder that can be put on the wall, and it comes with a wire hook thing to reel the hose around. The accessories holder is great, that hose hook, not so much. I ended up using the Gladiator Deep Hook, and it holds the hose MUCH better.Overall I’m quite happy and give this 5 stars, I thought about lowering the rating to 4 stars because of the mounting screws / hose reel, but the product itself works really good and I suspect they sell it with those screws expecting they’ll hold just fine. It was just a trust issue with me. The hook, well, that was personal preference for me and if you had to, it would work. That being said the product itself still gets a good score.

And I mean that in the most positive way possible.It's had a workout already, cleaning the garage, vehicles, screened porch, and most recently, demolition debris from a kitchen renovation project that we've just started. Keeping in mind one reviewer's comments that this cannot suck up chunks of wood, I picked up or swept any larger pieces by hand, and let the vacuum handle anything that would fit easily in its hose. Small bits of drywall up to roughly 1" were no problem, wood shavings, sawdust, etc. were easy.With the unit in the garage (mounted near the entry door) and the hose running into the house, it is quiet; a lot like using a central vac system.When working in the garage with it, the noise level is still very tolerable. When vacuuming off my workbench I realized that the noise of the air coming into the nozzle was louder than the sound of the vacuum system itself.With my old Shop Vac, I had to wear hearing protection. Not needed with this vac. I'll keep the shop vac for when I actually need to suck up water -- that's the only thing this unit can't do.Lots of attachments including a nice wide floor cleaner that is great for getting the finer construction debris and dust, and not filling up the (expensive!) vacuum bags of our regular Miele vacuum.I agree with the reviewers who stated that the unit gets quite warm. Not a problem in a garage but I might be concerned about installing it in a small closet, for example.If there is any downside to it, it's cleaning the filter. I've only had to do it once and I got dust all over the place, so I think it's just going to take me some time to figure out the right tricks.Finally, what a rare pleasure it is to unbox an item that was not made in China. The quality of material is striking, as soon as you start unpacking it.I'd like to see Amazon tag every item with its primary country of origin. I factor that into my buying decisions whenever possible.

I bought our GUV 2 mos ago. I was unsettled by some of the negative reviews. I am now convinced that they were paid to product bash. Here are my negatives: leaves will get stuck in the smaller diameter tool or hose entry (but never in the hose) and will need a hand crunch now and then to send them on their way. Not that many leaves. Not a meaningful problem. 2) the tools are a little light weight but if this bothers you your priorities are wrong.The positives are: 1) I clean my vertical mill of metal chips routinely with absolutely no problems.2) I have never emptied the can just to see how long it will go without a noticeable drop in suction. Hasn't happened yet. I will still pick up 1/4 inch bolts with the hose end. 2) Nothing has ever gotten stuck in the hose or the hose or unit entry port. 3) it is absolutely quiet -- unbelievably quiet. 4) the tools are a little light weight ( and therefore easy to manage).5) I mounted the unit on the mid back wall of my 4 car garage and it will reach floor to ceiling over every sq inch. I attach the hose to my CNC mill which can runs for over an hour at a time. With the unit 20 feet away the low noise makes life a lot better. you can imagine what it was like with a shop vac sitting next to the mill, FYI, the left part of the picture looks like a hanger device it isn't. You will store the hose with 3 oor 4 loops of hose over the main unit. Works fine. Not sure why I would want the storage bag.Love it.TCF